Toy wagon



A. B. CARMCHAEL TOY WAGON Jan. 4, 1949.

2 Shets-Sh'eet 1' ASA '84 cARMICHAEL,

Filed Dec. '7, 1945 ,Jan. 4, 1949.

A. B. CARMICHAEL TOY WAGON 2 Sheds-Sheet 2 Filed Dec. 7, 1945 vicledwith an extension elastic cord 40 passing through the screw-eyes 39along the back of the leg forms, and anchored at the top of the leg at4| and at the bottom of the leg at 42. When this leg is bent forward atknee joint 38, the elastic cord 40 opposes this action and will tend tostraighten out the leg. Similarly each front leg is provided with anextension elastic cord 43, passing through the screw-eyes 39 along thefront of the leg forms, and anchored at the top of the leg at 44 and atthe bottom of the leg at 45. Thus when a front leg is bent backward atknee joint 38, the elastic cord 43 opposes bending action and tends tostraighten the leg. Similarly each hind leg is provided with a fiectionelastic cord passing through the screw-eyes along the front of the legforms and anchored at the bottom of the leg as at 46. Also each frontleg is provided with a flection elastic cord passing through the screweyes along the back of the leg forms and anchored at the bottom of theleg as at 41. The flection elastic cords oppose the extension elasticcords and operate to flex the legs, the front leg backwardly and thehind leg forwardly, to simulate a real horse. Each fiection cord,adjacent the top of the leg, passes through an opening as 48 and 49, inthe side of the horse and thence through an opening into shaft [4 andextend through the shaft [4 for connection to a driving disc in thefront of the wagon, explained hereinafter. If desired the flectionelastic cord may connect with an ordinary cord in the shaft 14 and forma continuation thereof, the ordinary cord being connected to the drivingdisc. Only the elastic cords producing flection pass through the Wagonshaft I4.

As shown schematically in Figure 4, the fiection cord 50 for the lefthorses left hind leg is attached to a drive disc at thecrank pin 52. Thefiection cord 53 for the left horses left front leg is attached to drivedisc 54 at the crank pin 55. The flection cord 56 for the left horsesright hind leg is attached to the disc 5! at the crank pin 58. Theflectlon cord 59 for the left horses right front leg is attached to thedisc 60 at the crank pin 6|. The fiection cord 62 for the right horsesleft hind leg is attached to the disc 63 at the crank pin64. Thefiection cord 65 for the right horses left front leg is attached to thedisc 66 at the crank pin 61. The flection= cord. 68 for the right horsesright hind leg is attached to the disc 69 at crank pin 70. The flectioncord H for the right horses right front leg is attached to the disc 12at crank pin 13. The discs 5| and 54 are mounted on a stub shaft 14'passing through an upright post 15 fixed within the front end of thewagon. Similarly discs 51 and 60 are mounted on a stub shaft 16 passingthrough an upright post 11; discs 63 and 66 are similarly supported bypost I8, and discs 69 and 12 are similarly supported by post 19. The useof stub shafts to support the discs permits the flection cord ends torevolve with the discs without fouling the cords on a continuous shaft.The front axle 2 has fixedthereon leased alternately. As each fiectioncord is pulled,

the leg associated with the -particll1a1j iiectior;

4 cord will flex or bend at the knee. This action will tension theextension cord of that leg. Then as soon as the disc rotatessufficiently to loosen the fiection cord, the extension cord willimmediately straighten the leg. The position of the crank pins 52, 55,58, BI, 64, 61, 10 and 73 are such that the four legs of a horse areflexed and straightened in a natural sequence.

In operation, the key 2| is turned to wind the spring and the'toy-placedon the floor. As the spring unwinds, the elephant 8 and umbrella I 3will rotate, and the rear wheels 5 will be driven to move the toy alongthe floor. The friction between the front wheels 4 and the floor willcause the front wheels to rotate and this in turn will supply the motivepower to cause the horses legs to move in simulation of live horses andgive the impression that the horses are pulling the wagon.

While a certain specific embodiment of this invention has been shown itwill be understood that various modifications may be made within thespirit of the invention. Therefore no limitations on the invention areintended other than are imposed by the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A toy vehicle comprising a wagon including front and rear wheels, awagon body mounted on said wheels, a shaft extending forwardly of saidwagon body, at least one toy horse fixed to said shaft, said horse beingprovided with front and hind legs having section forming knees andshoulder joints, a power means concealed in said wagon body for drivingat least one of said wheels to move the vehicle, and means operable fromsaid front wheels for moving the horses legs during the movement of thevehicle, to simulate a horse-drawn wagon, said means for moving thehorses legs comprising apair of elastic members for each leg, oneelastic memberv to flex the leg and the other elastic member tostraighten the leg, and means to alternately. operate the elasticmembers for each leg.

2. A toy vehicle comprising, a wagon including front and rear wheels, aWagon body mounted on said wheels, a shaft extending'forwardly of saidwagon body, at least one toy horse fixed to said shaft, said horse beingprovided with front and hind legs having sections forming knee andshoulder Joints, a power means concealed in said wagon body for drivingat least one of said wheels to move the vehicle, and means operable fromsaid front wheels for moving the horses legs during movement of thevehicle to simulate a horsedrawn Wagon, said means for moving the horseslegs comprising a concealedelastic cord for flexing the leg, having oneendfixed to the lower end of each leg and the other end extendingthrough said shaft, a concealed elastic cord for straightening the leg,having one end fixed to'the lower end of each leg and the other endfixed to the upper end of each leg, and concealed means in the wagonbody for connecting to and alternately pulling and releasing the end ofsaid first-mentioned elastic cord extending through said shaft.

3. A toy vehicle comprising a wagon including front and rear wheels, awagon body mounted on said wheels, a shaft extending forwardly of saidwagon body, at least one toy horse fixed to said shaft, said horse beingprovided with front and hind legs having sections forming knee andshoulder joints, a power means concealed in said wagon body for drivingat least one of said wheels to 'move the vehicle, and means operablefrom said front wheels for moving the horses legs during movement of thevehicle. to simulate a horsedrawn wagon, said means for moving thehorses operating automatically during released movelegs comprising aplurality of concealed elastic ment of its complemental flexing elasticmember. members, two for each leg, one elastic member of ASA B.CARMICHAEL. each pair being provided to flex the leg and the otherelastic member of each pair to straighten 5 REFERENCES C D the leg, aplurality of concealed rotating discs in The following references are ofrecord in the the forward end of said wagon body, said discs me of thispatent: being driven from said front wheels, each of said elasticmembers for flexing a leg having a crank UNITED STATES PATENTSconnection with one of said discs for operation 10 N b r Na e Datthereby, said several crank connections being 621,885 Wishart Mar. 28,1899 relatively positioned to cause proper timed flex- 1,313,994Koziatek Aug. 26, 1919 ing of the horses legs to simulate a walkin 02,175,345 Lohr Oct. 10, 19 9 running horse, said straightening elasticmember

